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If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher
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Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression.
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Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!
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Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic.
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Whether manufactured by black, white, brown or yellow hands, a widget remains a widget – and it will be bought anywhere if the price and quality are right. The market is a more powerful and more reliable liberating force than government can ever be.
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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.
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Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.
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I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
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We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society
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Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.
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Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think.
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We have become a grandmother.
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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I'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy, you put it into effect, elections were held, and then, in accordance with the result, you stepped down.
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We do not have a freehold on the earth, only a full repairing lease
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I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.
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Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs
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I'm happy as a dog with two dicks
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Life's greatest reward is life itself
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